Warning - 2 scams doing the rounds

I've already posted this on Facebook, but I want to repeat it here to warn all youse ous:

I've just been targeted by TWO scams via my emails today.

One claimed to be a letter from an official US Dept saying I'd won a green card and therefore ... of course then comes the crunch ... therefore I must send $857 to a certain address in the UK to recieve it. They try to sound all official but, luckily, one can tell from the writing style and grammar that no way is this written by someone who is from the US or who is even English speaking.

The other is from 'PayPal' saying they are going to close my account unless I contact them, but as I haven't got an account with PayPal I presume this is a phishing scam. They are clearly hoping I have such an account and will immediately send them my PayPal details to stop the account being shut.

Holy shit Mav, were they scams?

Anyone want to buy a ticket to the States :X

I get tons of that rubbish every day. I've won/inherited so much money over the past six months that I can buy North America.

Twice.

magiclips Wrote:

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> I get tons of that rubbish every day. I've
> won/inherited so much money over the past six
> months that I can buy North America.
>
> Twice.

if you do decide to buy would my green card that i just won still be valid Matt??

For you, Titch? Of course.

i won the lotto 8 x today

I believe you Blue ... not! Haha! Magic, you wuss, how do you know none of them were genuine? You never know, you know ....

Mavourneen Wrote:

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> I believe you Blue ... not! Haha! Magic, you wuss,
> how do you know none of them were genuine? You
> never know, you know ....

"I is the Pressident of the Central Bank of Benin Republic and I has money for you in the amounts of 975 thousand pounds England." Yeah, sounds genuine. < And why on earth would a Lottery awards person have a hotmail email address??

Mr. Henderson from Abuja with a hotmail addy generously giving untold fortunes away ? confusing.... or as the Pied Piper would say do ya smell a rat

Oh, and how does one win a Lottery for which one has not bought a ticket?

Maybe Mr Henderson invested some of your lucky cell phone number prize for you...one never knows

i think that there is one scam that is here on abc if what i am being tell is truth, be careful of the nigerians and the job offers!